A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 164

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 164

 

 

 

 

 

Seeing Kim Dobin welcome me like we were separated family members reuniting after a long time apart gave me a strange feeling.

 

Wow, even our Baduki has never welcomed me this enthusiastically.

 

“I never went anywhere, so what do you mean ‘welcome back,’ you fool.”

 

I covered Kim Dobin’s face with my hand as he spread his arms wide to hug me and pushed him away.

 

“Hyung, do you really not remember?”

 

I was completely sane from start to finish, so how could I not remember?

 

Originally, the excuse I planned to give the members after the penalty ended was ‘I seriously decided to become a new person, but got hurt by our beloved members’ reactions and gave up.’

 

But after I ended up showing tears, I scrapped that plan. Showing tears while completely sane would hurt my pride.

 

So there was only one thing I had to do.

 

Make the members firmly believe that I was truly possessed by a ghost.

 

“What?”

 

“Yesterday, the soul of someone who dreamed of being an idol in life entered hyung’s body!”

 

He was even doing the ghost story storytelling for me, so I had nothing to do.

 

I shouldn’t meekly accept those words and make a fuss about being scared. That’s something only poor actors like Seo Yehyeon would do.

 

“Are you talking nonsense this early in the morning? You need to say something that makes sense for me to respond. Didn’t I clearly tell you to cut down on those webtoons or web novels? Why don’t you try saying I was possessed again?”

 

As I scrunched my expression and pressed down on his head like usual, Kim Dobin beat his chest and shouted.

 

“No, hyung really was possessed!”

 

“Doby, did you have a dream?”

 

I roughly messed up his hair, gave him a mocking laugh, then left the room and sat at the dining table. As I picked up my utensils like always, the meal began.

 

“What time was today’s radio schedule?”

 

As I naturally asked while picking up side dishes with my chopsticks, Ryu Jaehee answered with a blank face.

 

“There’s no radio schedule today though?”

 

“Why not? There’s Moon Letter.”

 

At those words, all the members’ gazes turned to me at once. Ryu Jaehee spoke with a trembling voice.

 

“Hyung… Moon Letter was yesterday’s schedule.”

 

“What? Isn’t today Monday?”

 

As I raised my eyebrows and asked, Gyeon Hajun answered heavily.

 

“Eden, today is Tuesday.”

 

“Jun, don’t you joke around too. Did you all plan this? Is this some kind of hidden camera?”

 

If I turn my head around looking for cameras now, it would be perfect.

 

If only this damn system hadn’t forced me to cry, I wouldn’t need to put on this performance…!

 

“Yoon Eden, do you really not remember? Wow, you really were possessed by a ghost.”

 

“See, hyung! I told you that you were possessed! I swear on all the web novels and comics in my purchase history, I absolutely wasn’t joking!”

 

“I thought the spirit would find peace after performing on a music show once, but it did find peace after doing one schedule.”

 

Whether my acting was so amazing that everyone believed the possessed Yoon Eden theory without any doubt, or yesterday’s version of me was so absurd that it was beyond suspicion.

 

After causing a commotion, I pretended to calm down and organized the narrative the members had created for me.

 

“So… today isn’t Monday but Tuesday, and yesterday I was possessed by a ghost? Hey, do you think this makes sense?”

 

“Then how do you explain your missing day, hyung? We can’t manipulate the date on your laptop and cell phone.”

 

“No way, what ghost…”

 

The price for denying myself and blaming it on a non-existent ghost was…

 

“What? At least tell me before you sprinkle it! Jun, I don’t know why you’re throwing beans, but could you throw them more gently?”

 

“It’s salt. Just in case.”

 

“Not beans, red beans. Red beans ward off ghosts.”

 

A baptism of salt and red beans. I couldn’t even complain for fear of being caught and humbly endured the salt and red beans.

 

“Hyung, can I stick these on the walls and doors? Should I put them on the windows too?”

 

“Jaehee… realistically, do you think talismans bought online for 5,000 won each would have any effect?”

 

“Isn’t it better than nothing? I got these through express delivery.”

 

And the room I share with Kim Dobin ended up having ghost-summoning talismans as room interior decorations.

 

I couldn’t bring myself to say it wasn’t a ghost but me, and swallowed my frustration.

 

“Those talismans look more likely to summon ghosts. Don’t you think so, hyung? In novels, talismans bought to ward off ghosts often end up summoning them instead.”

 

“Hey, haven’t you heard that words become seeds? Don’t say such unlucky things. But Kim Dobin, you’re surprisingly calm? I thought you’d make the biggest fuss about being scared of ghosts.”

 

“Well, most possession stories aren’t about ghosts but souls… wait, come to think of it, the introductions commonly have scenes of being hit by a reincarnation truck or dying somehow, so doesn’t that make them ghosts…? Did I not notice because I was reading from the protagonist’s perspective?”

 

After muttering incomprehensible words, Kim Dobin suddenly stood up and loudly called for Ryu Jaehee, saying they should buy more talismans.

 

I knew he would react like that.

 

But besides the unexpected ghost exorcism commotion at the dormitory, there was something else I had to endure.

 

It was the image I showed during yesterday’s schedule.

 

I was thinking of doing a live broadcast and accessed the OA app, but saw that Ryu Jaehee was doing a live broadcast with his roommate Seo Yehyeon, so I cleanly gave up and postponed it to tomorrow.

 

Just before pressing the back button, I skimmed through the rapidly scrolling chat where I glimpsed my name, and there were particularly many messages looking for me.

 

Unfortunately, this wasn’t indicating my popularity but rather fans’ desire to see me again after my strange behavior yesterday.

 

Suddenly Ryu Jaehee disappeared and only Seo Yehyeon appeared on screen, smiling brightly and continuing the talk.

 

He used to be terribly awkward in the early debut days, but that guy has improved a lot too, I thought.

 

And Ryu Jaehee, who had disappeared from the screen, burst open my room door and entered.

 

“Don’t you knock?”

 

“Hyung! The fans are looking for you! Listen, yesterday you tried an image transformation once. Then you gave up because it was too difficult. Got it? You absolutely cannot mention even the letter ‘g’ from ghost!”

 

Ryu Jaehee grabbed my shoulders and earnestly pleaded. The narrative Ryu Jaehee created was exactly the same as the excuse I originally planned to use, so there would be no problem.

 

Seo Yehyeon, who had been talking to the phone camera for a while, discovered me and Ryu Jaehee entering the room and gave up his spot to us with a much more relieved expression.

 

“Hello, Daydream. I heard you were desperately looking for me, so I came running.”

 

 

 

-You came back to your familiar self in just one day

 

-Eden, don’t smile like usual, smile kindly like yesterday

 

-Right, try speaking gently like yesterday too

 

-Don’t force him;;; I like the current Eden much more than yesterday’s Moon Letter Eden;;;

 

-No, I don’t particularly like it either, but let’s see if our kid really has a thousand faces, we should make him act

 

 

 

I forced the corners of my mouth up into a smile and tried speaking in the gentlest tone possible.

 

“Gently… like this?”

 

 

 

-No, that’s not yesterday’s smile that was so kind it was strangely awkward

 

-You are speaking gently, right…? You’re not gritting your teeth, right…?

 

-What on earth happened yesterday? Did you get punished or something?

 

 

 

A penalty is also a punishment when interpreted.

 

Thank you so much for tormenting me for two whole days, not just one, you damn system!

 

 

 

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“Hey hey, hyung, change it quickly.”

 

I tapped Seo Yehyeon’s forearm as he held the remote control.

 

“Either call me ‘hey’ or ‘hyung,’ pick one.”

 

Seo Yehyeon grumbled and brought his hand to the remote control button.

 

“But isn’t that the survival show TK is doing this time? Wow, they’re broadcasting it on TV? Big companies really are different.”

 

I forcibly snatched the remote from Seo Yehyeon’s hand as he admired the trainees on screen without seeing Ryu Jaehee’s expression, and immediately changed the channel.

 

Ryu Jaehee’s expression became much more comfortable.

 

Around the time we resumed activities due to the reverse run and were almost finishing our activities, the guys who debuted from started their activities.

 

On the very day was pushed down from chart #1 by those guys’ new song, Ryu Jaehee had to face them.

 

But currently, had just started airing, and Rev would finish activities this Sunday with Inkigayo as the finale.

 

‘Then this time, we won’t have to face those TK rookie group guys on music shows, right?’

 

Watching our team’s youngest member’s self-esteem crumble as he was mocked to his face by those perpetrator bastards once was enough.

 

No, even if not just music shows, we’d run into them at least once at award ceremonies or music festivals.

 

Then the solution is simple. I just need to make sure they get eliminated from the survival show so they can’t debut. Then even if we encounter that rookie group, we won’t have to face those perpetrator bastards.

 

‘What episode was the problematic part in again?’

 

In the past, it took three and a half years for that fact to be revealed, and since they had already debuted, they might have gotten criticized but weren’t expelled.

 

But this time will definitely be different.

 

I searched for on YouTube and started watching all the episodes that had aired so far.

 

‘Was it the final song? No, it definitely wasn’t the final song. It must be in an episode before the finale.’

 

I started watching to find that, but the more I watched, the more I found myself getting absorbed in the survival show.

 

As expected, major corporation capital is really different.

 

Wow, I’m so glad I didn’t debut through a survival show. How happy am I to have debuted from Jjotso without a survival show and be able to laugh while watching someone else’s major corporation survival show!

 

As I was putting myself in the judges’ shoes and picking out the useful ones, a head slowly peeked over my shoulder. An ominous voice whispered in my ear.

 

“Hyung, is it interesting?”

 

“Yeah, totally fun… Huh, Youngest Member? No, it’s not like I’m watching this because I want to…!”

 

“Why are you explaining yourself to me? If hyung finds it interesting, then watch it.”

 

When I threw my cell phone in shock and desperately tried to explain, Ryu Jaehee smiled and firmly placed the phone back in my hand. was still on the screen.

 

And Ryu Jaehee was particularly snippy with me for the rest of that day. Still, it was better than him keeping his mouth shut and not talking at all.

 

“Hey, Youngest Member. Are you still sulking?”

 

“I’m not sulking? I’m not the kind of narrow-minded person who would interfere with hyung’s cultural activities?”

 

“Come on, you’re totally sulking.”

 

When I giggled and casually draped my arm over Ryu Jaehee’s shoulder, he grumbled but didn’t bother to shake off my arm.

 

Now Ryu Jaehee’s shoulder was higher than mine. Time really flies fast. That little kid has already caught up to my height.

 

“Why are there cameras from other broadcasting stations roaming the hallway? Who’s filming a reality show?”

 

While sipping my iced Americano and walking down the broadcasting station corridor, I bowed politely to an idol senior walking toward us from the opposite direction.

 

That senior is a member of a TK boy group who made a comeback with solo activities this time. He also lightly greeted us when he spotted us and went into the waiting room.

 

And the guys following behind him in a crowd were definitely the ones from the survival show that I had watched with great interest yesterday.

 

They probably set them up as backup dancers for the solo activity music show to get broadcast footage. Some of them seemed to know Ryu Jaehee and gave him a subtle wave.

 

When I turned my head wondering if he was okay, I saw Ryu Jaehee biting his lips so hard that blood was seeping out. Ryu Jaehee was staring intensely at someone.

 

As if sensing the gaze, that someone turned their head toward Ryu Jaehee. The person who slightly frowned nudged the side of the person next to them.

 

The guy who also looked back at Ryu Jaehee widened his eyes. As if nothing had happened, the guy who composed his expression raised his hand.

 

“Hey, Jaehee, long time no see?”

 

The face of the guy who pretended to greet Ryu Jaehee warmly was the same face I had encountered before my regression.

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